Comments on: Texting and tweeting through Obama's swearing in

Inauguration planners are turning to Twitter and text messaging to keep things organized when President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in January 20.

[ggordonliddy]

Obviously any ****** that uses the term "tweet" without sarcasm should be shot in the stomach and then put through a plastic shredder.

[k4zn41]

Hahaha... You took the words out of my mouth.

[1truBob]

Here's a more important question for those of us looking to keep office and business networks running during the inauguration, when everybody stuck in the office is trying to stream video of the inauguration. Who's gonna carry it -- C-SPAN, CNN, MSNBC...? And what preparations are they making to serve the video?

[angrykeyboarder]

Frankly I think that in light of the historic nature of this inauguration, business would be wise to treat the day as a holiday and close (just like they *should* be doing the day before).

I'm not working at the present time, but you can bet that I'd either take the day off or call in sick (if need be).

[JasonGooljar]

My guess is C-Span will carry it. Any media outlet using Akami or Internap or any CDN worth it's salt should be fine for streaming the inaugural.

[Wookiee-1138]

CNN's live feed usually works well, in my experience.

[angrykeyboarder]

Just like for his Election day speech (or acceptance speech last summer) everyone will carry it. All the major news sites will be streaming video (in addition to C-SPAN).

My personal preference for such things is MSNBC. I prefer CNN on the Tube but I find MSNBC's streams much more reliable.